Does anyone know if the buses are full? I won't know if I can take Friday off until monday (or do they leave Saturday morning?)
Hate to say it, but this could make or break our season. We need to get out of their with at least a tie, if we go 0-3 to start the season (our worse start ever), we might be done for the season....
Frankie needs to keep both MacDonald (to he's fit and learns how to shoot) and Duka on the bench. Santos and Atouba or Alex should start instead. Starting 11 for the KC game.... -----Santos-------------------Rolfe----- -----------------Lindpere---------------- -Atouba/Alex------------------Nyarko- ------------------Larentowicz----------- -Segares--Berry---Friedrich--Anibaba- If Friedrich can't go again then Anibaba at CB and Kinney at RB. And if Rolfe can't go have Atouba play up top with Santos and Alex at LM.
The buses leave Friday at midnight (technically Saturday AM but I want to avoid confusion). The two buses are sold out but I just saw two seats go up for grabs on the S8C forums as a pair had to drop out.
If only Frankie would allow them to play like that. I was rewatching the first half of last night's game and they were in a 4-2-3-1 which is why Lindpere is so ineffective. He is too slow to catch up to the play when we are counter attacking. In addition, Duka and Nyarko are too close to the middle , therefore the defense can stay compact.
If Nyarko was getting schooled by a school kid Joel wouldve had a little more support in maintaining possesion.. other than that...
----------Johnson------------- Kinney-Anibaba-Berry-Sega Nyarko-Red-Alex-Atouba--- ------Rolfe-MacDonald------ Our midfield is a problem right now. we might as well try out some other options.
What section will the section be sitting at? It looks like the section8 website is out of tickets; I have to buy some from the Kansas City website.
The old number 6 tour to Kansas City. The Chicago caravan will come riding into town, a whoopin and a whompen, beating every Wiz fan within an inch of their lives . . . except the women folk of course!
With Kinney out and Videira likely taking his place at RB, we lost what little hope we had of getting a result.
Looks like Kinney is out injured, Pause likely not ready yet. Klopas said Thompson or Vidiera would be the likely replacement. I thought Hunter Jumper was supposed be be able to play anywhere on the backline...Surely he would be better than a midfielder at RB.... Also, just let this phrase sink in for a second: http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...fire-backline-paper-thin-sporting-kansas-city
It doesn't look like it, it's true.... WOW from not being able to score, now we are going to get killed on the defensive side also..... Sort of like Pause in the RB position once he returns from injury.....
So our starting against Kansas City should look something like this..... ------MacDonald---------------Rolfe----- ----------------------Lindpere------------- -Duka-----------------------------Nyarko- --------------------Larentowicz------------ -Segares-Berry-Anibaba-Thomp/Vidi- --------------------Johnson--------------- What I'd like to see.... ------Alex/Santos-----------Rolfe------ ----------------Lindpere----------------- --Atouba/Alex----------------Nyarko-- ---------------Larentowicz--------------- -Segares---Berry---Anibaba--Jumper-- -----------------Johnson------------------- If Alex starts up top then Atouba at LM, if Santos starts them either Atouba or Alex at LM. I'd Frankie to use some of our speed, maybe just maybe if we put pressure on them we could come out with a win (tie at the very least)....
Come on Frank. Play Jumper at RB. I thought he showed promise in his few minutes last year. He's got to be a better option than those two. Is this the team Andy built from the ground up?
Why not play Jumper at CB and move Anibaba to RB? Or Jumper at LB and Segares at RB? Jumper must be crap.
Honestly, I think we need to play Pause next to Larentowitz and Move Lindpere to the left. Bench Duka. We'd see way way better results on the field.
How successfully would that be with a pretty pissed off Lindpere? One of the main selling points in bringing him here was that we'd play him centrally.